2022-23 Season Discussion and Speculation 5 - The KD era begins

Desertfox · Post #601 » by **Desertfox** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:38 pm

If Memphis manages to trade for Bridges, it will almost be a "What if" Suns roster: Morant, Bane, Bridges, Clarke, and Aldama.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #602 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:38 pm

so 3 hours?

no trades today yet?

Cutter · Post #603 » by **Cutter** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:38 pm

Warren needs to definitely come off the bench and would be an amazing scoring machine with the bench unit.

Ghost of Kleine · Post #604 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:40 pm

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Ghost of Kleine · Post #605 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:43 pm

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Uhhh Ohhhh more nonsense apparently circulating around it seems! :wink:

Ghost of Kleine · Post #606 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:45 pm

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GDFTony · Post #607 » by **GDFTony** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:45 pm

Another PG, shooter, and a big and this team could be lethal.

handsome salary · Post #608 » by **handsome salary** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:45 pm

Once KD suits up it's no more "double team Booker and let the rest try to beat you" game plan from the opposing teams.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #609 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:45 pm

why is Irving replacing Paul a bad thing

garrick · Post #610 » by **garrick** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:46 pm

Ghost of Kleine wrote:

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Yes indeed except this is not the KD of 2017 anymore.

He is significantly older coming off a serious injury which seems to not be an issue (for how long though) and while his scoring stats this season are spectacular we just saw him get absolutely demolished by the Celtics in the postseason with Boston sweeping the Net in the playoffs.

GDFTony · Post #611 » by **GDFTony** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:47 pm

Mulhollanddrive wrote:why is Irving replacing Paul a bad thing

Because it's Kyrie Irving

WeekapaugGroove · Post #612 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:49 pm

bwoolf2 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:
Deal, if you also don't say anything positive about kd as long as he is a Sun unless they win the championship and let it play out
Nope. Since I'm taking the worse odds I want that clause for you and not me.

I'm willing to bet my suns board existence to curtail some of the belly aching crying bull that plagues this board.

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I've been here for over 20 years so, it's time you got yourself a deal.

Probably means my posting ends now, if they fail spectacularly I'll be back

Don't stop posting, just come with an open mind and have some fun with this team. Stopping posting and only coming back to throw out a 'i told you so' about your favorite team failing seems like a joyless plan.

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matt131 · Post #613 » by **matt131** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:49 pm

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Now do Kenrich Williams for Dario and a second

KLEON · Post #614 » by **KLEON** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:51 pm

This one really stings losing both Bridges and Cam. I wish the Suns get back Cam during the offseason.

matt131 · Post #615 » by **matt131** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:51 pm

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bwoolf2 · Post #616 » by **bwoolf2** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:53 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:Nope. Since I'm taking the worse odds I want that clause for you and not me.

I'm willing to bet my suns board existence to curtail some of the belly aching crying bull that plagues this board.

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I've been here for over 20 years so, it's time you got yourself a deal.

Probably means my posting ends now, if they fail spectacularly I'll be back
Don't stop posting, just come with an open mind and have some fun with this team. Stopping posting and only coming back to throw out a 'i told you so' about your favorite team failing seems like a joyless plan.

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Time for a break, but appreciate it.

Ayton is my favorite player on Suns now and he just gets **** on non stop here anyways so probably not a good place to be.

Desertfox · Post #617 » by **Desertfox** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:53 pm

GDFTony wrote:Another PG, shooter, and a big and this team could be lethal.

So... exactly where we were pre-trade?

spanishninja · Post #618 » by **spanishninja** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:54 pm

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glad to see Monty actually put his foot down on that. being a player's coach it's important not to get stepped on.

matt131 · Post #619 » by **matt131** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:54 pm

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BobbieL · Post #620 » by **BobbieL** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 4:56 pm

matt131 wrote:Some words from Bill Simmons on Durante trade value in his trade value column. Ranked KD as 10th on the list and Booker as 9th. This was before the trade.

“The best scoring forward ever was thriving more than ever before his MCL injury. So why is that? Well, KD was already a freaking unicorn … now he’s getting less clutter, more space, more shooters, more possessions, less rim protection, and more room to operate in the Ultra-Efficient Pace-and-Space 2020s? He might be an EASY 29-7-5 guy for five more years. There’s some fun career stuff brewing, too: 35K points (he’s close to 27K), 5K playoff points (a six-guy list; he’s at 4,559), 27.28 PPG (fourth all time), 10 first/second All-NBAs (only eight guys have 12), second-best forward ever (he’d have to leapfrog Bird), and closest to 50-40-90 career (he’s at 50-38-89% right now, for real). And by the way, he doesn’t care about any of it. I just love to ball. It’s true. His career has ebbed and flowed with three wholly unique guards—Russ, Steph, and Kyrie—with Kyrie improbably becoming his Ride-or-Die. He doesn’t care how you feel about that, either. He’ll always be measured against LeBron, and if you compare them from 2010 on, it’s a way better battle than you’d think. That, he DOES care about. From a Trade Value standpoint—as we found out last summer—Brooklyn is kind of stuck. He’s too transcendent to trade unless it’s a Gobert-type package, and he’s too old (only 34, but still) to fetch any of the next nine stars. One thing’s for sure: I sincerely doubt the Brooklyn Nets will be Kevin Durant’s last team.”

If James can play until 38, durant can play that long

The more this goes the on - very excited

Just needs to do something today and buy out market

What do you think our chances are of winning the West and the Championship if we win the West?